Do you think you could walk over fire? Because Scott Bell believes you can – and if you sign up to take part in the Buster’s Charity Firewalk next week, he’ll prove it.

Scott, who has twice set the world record for the longest distance walked on fire and founded the company UK Firewalk, will be running the KM Charity Team’s latest adrenaline challenge - training and supervising the walkers as they make their way along a path of burning coals.

Firewalking is practised around the world as a rite of passage, a healing ceremony or a test of strength and courage – and 100,000 people have completed firewalks safely under Scott’s guidance.

“My belief is that firewalking is partly about science and partly getting people to be confident,” he said. “I can get anyone over fire.”

Scott first set the world record for the longest firewalk in January 2006, and broke it again in November of that year when he completed 100 metres, but has since been beaten by Trever McGhee, from Canada.

“The thing I love is that when I meet people beforehand, they are a bit concerned about what they are going to do – and the change in them afterwards is phenomenal,” Scott said. “If you can walk on fire, what else can you do that you didn’t think you could do before?

“The reason why we get so many people doing it is that thrill of doing something a bit scary, that fear of the unknown. And there are a lot of people who are looking for that personal challenge.

“Most of them are raising money for a really good cause.”

The firewalk will take place at the Mercure Great Danes Hotel in Maidstone at 7pm on Sunday, May 20 and is open to anyone 18 or over.

Individuals raising £200 or more for the cause of their choice will go into a prize draw to win a spa day.

Charities supporting the event include Kent Air Ambulance, the East Kent Hospitals Charity, the Kent MS Therapy Centre, the Heart of Kent Hospice, Kent Wildlife Rescue Service, Victim Support, the Blackthorn Trust and Trinity Fencing CIC.

The event is named after the mascot for Buster’s Book Club, the KM Charity Team’s reading reward scheme for children, which will receive a small share of funds raised.

For more information or to sign up, visit www.kmcharityteam.co.uk/booking and use the discount code KMNEWS18. Find out about Buster’s Book Club at www.bustersbookclub.co.uk